Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population admitted to urology department at Alexandria University Hospital from October2018 to October2020 (N = 1091)

Age(years)

Mean ± SD

44.55 ± 21.07^a

39.3 ± 22.5^b

40.5 ± 24.6^a,b

P = 0.003*

Gender:

Male/Female

461/161 ^a

88/118 ^a

129/134 ^b

P < 0.001*

Diagnosis on admission(%yes):

Stones

Tumors

Others

257(41.3%) ^a

181(29.1%) ^a

184(29.6%)

113(54.9%) ^{a, b}

42(20.4%)^{a, b}

51(24.7%)

107(40.7%) ^a

75(28.5%) ^b

81(30.8%)

0.01*

0.030*

0.224

Abnormal structure of urinary tract:

Yes

No

49(7.9%) ^a

573(92.1%) ^a

30(14.6%) ^b

176(85.4%) ^b

58(22.1%) ^b

205(77.9%) ^b

P < 0.001*

Use of urinary catheter:

Yes

No

77(12.4%) ^a

545(87.6%) ^a

82(39.8%) ^a

124(60.2%) ^a

135(51.3%) ^b

128(48.7%) ^b

P < 0.001*

Duration of use of catheter(days)

Mean ± SD

10.75 ± 3.27^a

11.86 ± 4.24^a

12.90 ± 3.8^b

p.001*

Recurrent UTI:

Yes

No

0(0%) ^a

622(100%) ^a

104(50.5%) ^a

102(49.5%) ^a

148(56.3%) ^b

115(43.7%) ^b

P < 0.001*

Duration of stay in hospital(days):

Mean ± SD

10.3 ± 3.2 ^a

11.58 ± 4.29 ^b

13.24 ± 6.56 ^c

P < 0.001*

Previous use of antibiotics within last three months

Yes

No

111(17.8%) ^a

511(82.2%) ^a

120(58.3%) ^b

86(41.7%) ^b

186(70.7%) ^c

77(29.3%) ^c

P < 0.001*

Urinary operation:

Yes

No

590(94.9%)

32(5.1%)

187(90.8%)

19(9.2%)

249(94.7%)

14(5.3%)

0.089